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| COMU0031-1 | Technical writing and argumentation
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Marc Vanesse |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| Just like design or informatics, the mastery of writing requires a period of learning. This course is conceived as an initiation to techniques of journalistic writing, and it is made up of three closely related parts. During the first part, more theoretical, students will learn to distinguish and master the main registers of newspaper writing (factual reporting, synthesis, narrative, description...). Next, in a more practical vein, students will write texts that follow the conventions associated with different journalistic genres (writing dispatches, building up reporting on a story, writing up an interview, painting a picture from a particular angle...). Finally, in the third part, students will learn techniques of argumentation, often useful in editing polemic texts (editorial, commentaries, humorous articles). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - Evaluation. The primary objective of the course concerns the relationship between the student and writing. His or her writing. Through a number of preliminary exercises the students will test their knowledge and measure their progress. They will improve their mastery of syntax, their vocabularies, their spelling, their sentence structure, their continuity, their precision, their exactitude...
- Imitation. Through frequent reading of newspaper articles, and through class discussion and analysis of examples, students will test and refine their techniques of journalistic expression. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| - Proficiency in oral and written expression (tutoring possible)
- Active curiosity about current events
- Frequent reader of newspapers and frequent consumer of audiovisual media |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Written exercises will be assigned during practice sessions and these will help prepare students for the final evaluation. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - Transparencies shown in class are available online.
- Readings highly recommended:
Yves AGNES, Manuel de journalisme, Paris, La Découverte, Coll. « Guide Grands Repères », 2002 ; Philippe BRETON, L'argumentation dans la communication, La Découverte, coll. « Repères », Paris, 2003 ; Jean-Luc MARTIN-LAGARDETTE, Le guide de l'écriture journalistique, Paris, La Découverte, Coll. « Guides », 2005. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| - Some questions over theoretical topics covered in class.
- A personal writing project. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teacher: Marc Vanesse, instructor
Département des Arts et Sciences de la communication
Place du 20 août, 7, 2e étage
Tel : 04-366.29.57
(Marc.Vanesse@ulg.ac.be)
Assistants
- Jenifer Devresse
(J.Devresse@ulg.ac.be)
04-366.54.95
- François Colmant
04-366.38.60
(fcolmant@ulg.ac.be)
Secretary
04-366.32.79 |
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